Wesley PA Gismo ??? If it has a flywheel or spins and is made with small parts. I'll take one! If it makes noise, moves, or requires frequent oiling and dusting it's a better deal yet. It's especially right if its shiny and bright; but if it's dirty and dull it wont mater at all...

The last week or so I've been near death with a particularly nasty Man cold. Today is the first day I've felt like myself. I've spent the last couple hours out in my shop threading nipples. I'm half way there\o/ forty done forty left. Then I get to cut little wrench flats on each one.

~Wes~

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Wesley PA Gismo ??? If it has a flywheel or spins and is made with small parts. I'll take one! If it makes noise, moves, or requires frequent oiling and dusting it's a better deal yet. It's especially right if its shiny and bright; but if it's dirty and dull it wont mater at all...

Glad your feeling better Wes, ..............you might have just screwed too many nipples , ........................it could have been a case of nipple fever not man flu ? ................ be careful lad

hey Powder Keg Wes, just a comment on the nipples. after taking the time making flats on mine for my rear wheel I've re-evaluated the strategy. I think what I'm going to do for the front (many many nipples) is to use a slit saw and just cut a notch in the end so that a flat screwdriver can be used to tighten the spokes. I envision making a little jig that holds 10 nipples at a time.Of course, the flats look totally awesome(mine are little hexes)...so don't let me talk you out of it!Glad you're back on the project...I'm hoping to get back to mine too.

Well I stuck with it today. I now have 76 threaded nipples\o/ I thought I had made five or six extra but the shop gnomes seem to have hid them:o( That and the 4 that got cross-threaded, I'm 4 short. I'll get a short piece of bronze on the way. In the mean time I'm going to start on a jig that will hold 4-5 at a time to mill the wrench flats on them.

I want flats on them so they can be adjusted in the future. Spokes stretch with use and need to be tightened up once in a while.

~Wes~

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Wesley PA Gismo ??? If it has a flywheel or spins and is made with small parts. I'll take one! If it makes noise, moves, or requires frequent oiling and dusting it's a better deal yet. It's especially right if its shiny and bright; but if it's dirty and dull it wont mater at all...

I set up the CNC mill at work to machine little hex's onto all those nipples. I'm glad these are nearly done:o)

Everything is good here. I've been working on the house and our camper quite a bit. I need to get this project done and on the road though. It's time:o)

~Wes~

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Wesley PA Gismo ??? If it has a flywheel or spins and is made with small parts. I'll take one! If it makes noise, moves, or requires frequent oiling and dusting it's a better deal yet. It's especially right if its shiny and bright; but if it's dirty and dull it wont mater at all...

Thanks everyone:o) I'm going to try and get the rims drilled this weekend. Then I can start on spokes. I still haven't decided how I'm going to cut them. I'm probably over thinking it like I do everything:o)

Stay tuned

~Wes~

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Wesley PA Gismo ??? If it has a flywheel or spins and is made with small parts. I'll take one! If it makes noise, moves, or requires frequent oiling and dusting it's a better deal yet. It's especially right if its shiny and bright; but if it's dirty and dull it wont mater at all...

You know, I actually saw a tall gent riding a penny farthing on the road yesterday, near South Kensington. It was really quite graceful to watch, in a grandfather-clock kinda way. I never thought I'd ever see one being used.

I know how everyone loves pictures of machined stuff Here are the nipples that I have done so far. It feels good to be wrapping them up:o)

Earlier I had made a little drill guide to drill angled holes in the rims. Here it is in use:o)

It is working pretty good. I have about half the spoke holes drilled now\o/ I'll keep plugging away at these till they are done:o)

Thanks so much for watching:o)

~Wes~

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Wesley PA Gismo ??? If it has a flywheel or spins and is made with small parts. I'll take one! If it makes noise, moves, or requires frequent oiling and dusting it's a better deal yet. It's especially right if its shiny and bright; but if it's dirty and dull it wont mater at all...

Rhubarb and weeds The Rhubarb needs to be moved. It's under my new Awning. The back yard is a mess from installing a new sewer line a couple years ago. I've been working on that space a little lately. I built an awning out of recycled stuff. It's not done yet but here it is. The lights still need to be wired in.

It will be my outside work area. My outside vise and Anvil will live there I almost have the stand done for my anvil. I'll post pictures of that soon. It was nice working out there today:o)

~Wes~

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Wesley PA Gismo ??? If it has a flywheel or spins and is made with small parts. I'll take one! If it makes noise, moves, or requires frequent oiling and dusting it's a better deal yet. It's especially right if its shiny and bright; but if it's dirty and dull it wont mater at all...

I thought ALL outdoor anvils were mounted on either a tree stump, or if don't have one conveniently located, a section of tree trunk from a large tree. (That's how they are all over the American South)

Wes, you have not posted for several months. Has your Penny Farthing ground to a halt? I am sure that I am not alone in hoping to see this masterpiece completed. Please let us know what is happening with it.